The memorable is that which can be dreamed about a place.
– Michel de Certeau, ‘Walking in The City’ in The Practice of Everyday Life
Admiralspalast – Art Nouveau / Jugendstil — See in Berlin
A presentation of Admiralspalast – a theathre built in eclectic Art Nouveau / Jugendstil style
via Admiralspalast – Art Nouveau / Jugendstil — See in Berlin
A Book Is An Altar — Travel Between The Pages
The Portable Mayan Altar was created by Taller Leñateros (The Woodlander’s Workshop), an indigenous publishing house in Chiapas, Mexico founded by poet Ámbar Past in 1975. This book features a cardboard case in the form a traditional Mayan house that opens up to an altar with two side panels. It also includes a clay pot-shaped incense burner, […]
Man in the Window — For Earth Below
Jean Cocteau — words and music and stories
Jean Cocteau, né le 5 juillet 1889 et mort le 11 octobre 1963 est un poète, graphiste, dessinateur, dramaturge et cinéaste français. “On doit croire en sa chance, sinon comment expliquer le succès de ceux qu’on n’aime pas.” (Le Coq et l’Arlequin – 1918) “Dobbiamo credere nella fortuna. Come spiegare altrimenti il […]
via Jean Cocteau — words and music and stories
This stunnning portrait of Cocteau above was of course painted by Amedeo Modigliani [MN]
Clarice Lispector — The Vale of Soul-Making
I want the following word: splendor, splendor is fruit in all its succulence, fruit without sadness. I want vast distances. My savage intuition of myself. ― Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life. (University of Minnesota Press; 1st edition, June 28, 1989) Originally published August 1973.
Introvert Things: Bookstores — The INFJ PhD
The infamous bookstore in Paris, where Walter Berry purchased Joyce’s Ulysses. Many introverts LOVE bookstores. There’s just something about the scent of old books, like coming home & smelling cookies in the oven. Instant relaxation. You know it will be quiet there, as there are plenty of books to use to deflect unwanted conversation, & nooks […]
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want” — Art of Quotation
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want” F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender […]
NYC Way-Back Machine — Travel Between The Pages
Many years ago, when I made the transition from book collector to bookseller, a client asked me to locate a copy of “The Picture of New-York, Or The Traveller’s Guide Through The Commercial Metropolis of the United States, By a Gentleman Residing in the City” 1807, First Edition in the original binding, with laid-in map by William […]
— In The Soul’s Streets
We were ruinous together, she thinks. But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin? – Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
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